Metallic base for telegraph or other poles



(No Model.)

T. E. GARNER. METALLIG BASE EOE TELEGRAPH OR OTHER POLBS.

No. 540,159. Patented May 28, 1895.

UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. GARNER, OF CORNWALL, CONNECTICUT.

METALLIC B ASE FOR TELEGRAPH OR OTHER POLES.

fiSPECIFIGATIQN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 540,159, dated May 28, 1895.

Application filed January 9, 1895- Serial No. 534,404. (No model.)

I by declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in poles for supporting telegraph, telephone, or any electric wires, theobject being to provide an iron or metallic base for said poles, to save them from decay, and making those already decayed usable, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out -in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pole constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

A designates a pole or post which may be of wood and is of ordinary construction, said pole or post tapering slightly from the upper end to its base.

The base B is preferably-made up of cast metal and consists of a lower portion B comprising vertical flanges which are connected at their upper and lower ends to the horizontal portions 1) and b. Above the horizontal portion or disk I) extend two vertical flanges c c which taper upwardly as shown, and the inner edges of these flanges have laterally projecting portions or webs c, the webs on one side being connected to each other at their upper and lower ends by connecting-portions c and 0 formed integral with said webs, and the webs on the other side are provided at their upper and lower ends with offsets o the offsets at the upper end having a tapered or beveled outer edge.

D D designate locking-bars or plates which extend across the side of the base opposite the connecting portions 0 and 0 so as to engage the offsets 0 the ends of said lockingbars or plates being bent in the shape of a hook to engage said ofisets. The inner side of the hooks of the upper locking bar or plate is beveled to correspond with the beveled edges of the offsets.

The metal base is planted in the ground so that the part thereof above the plate I) will project above the surface, and when it is desired to support a post in the base it is only necessary to remove the locking-bars and place the post between the webs o, the lower end of the post resting upon the plate I? while one side bears against the connecting portions 0 and 0 The locking bars are then placed in engagement with the ofisets and forced down, the enlarged central portion thereof bearing against the post. By this arrangement the post is held above the surface of the ground and is therefore not liable to decay.

The improved metal base hereinbefore described is designed to support telegraph poles, fence-posts, &c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metal base for telegraph and other oles having a bottom portion consisting of vertical flanges and a portion which extends upwardly therefrom and is adapted to receive the lower end of the post or pole, said u pwardly-proj ect in g portion having offsets,in combination with the locking bars, having recesses for engagement with the offsets, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. A metal base for telegraph and other poles consisting of a flanged base portion, tapered flanges c which extend upward from the base portion and are provided at their inner edges flanges connected at their upper and lower ends by plates or disks b and b, tapered flanges c 0 extending upwardly from the plate b and provided at their inner edges with latstantially as shown and for the purpese set erally-projecting webs, connecting portions forth. and c conneetin the webs on one side of the base, the Webs 0 11 the other side being pro- FRANK GARNER 5 vided at their upper and lower ends with oft- Witnesses:

sets 0, and locking bars D having their ends WHITING J. WVILCOX,

shaped so as to engage with the offsets, sub- MARY E. WILCOX. 

